81.   The return of Brian Blades, who missed the last three preseason games with a bruised right knee, would help greatly.

82.   The rest participated in off-ice workouts, including captain Mattias Norstrom, who is nursing a severely bruised right knee.

83.   They rallied at Oregon after Hicks departed with a bruised knee.

84.   To make room for Parks and Ekezie, the Clippers placed point guard Earl Boykins, who has a bruised knee, on the injured list.

85.   Turner, out with a bruised left knee, has been playing the last few games but sat out Saturday to rest.

86.   UCLA started Bailey for matchup purposes, Harrick said, not because Henderson was recovering from a bruised knee.

87.   Visnovsky was diagnosed with a bruised left knee and will be re-evaluated today in Los Angeles.

88.   Williams left the team before the game tonight, traveling home to have a magnetic resonance imaging test on his bruised right knee.

89.   Williams said his bruised left knee, which was aggravated Sunday against the Green bay Packers, remains sore and stiff.

90.   Without Blake, who remained in Los Angeles with a bruised knee, Jere Karalahti stepped in and provided a spark.